2nd Test: Mominul, Iqbal achieve third-wicket record
Bangladesh pair adds 157 as hosts end day four at 269 for three against NZ.
Bangladesh batsman Shakib Al Hasan (R) shakes hands with teammate Mominul Haque at close of play on the fourth day of the second Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. PHOTO: AFP
DHAKA:
Mominul Haque scored an unbeaten century and put on a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal as Bangladesh fought their way back into the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka yesterday.
The hosts reached 269 for three in their second-innings at stumps on the fourth day, wiping out New Zealand’s first-innings advantage of 155 for an overall lead of 114 runs.
Mominul led Bangladesh’s batting charge with 126 not out, making him only the second Bangladeshi to score back-to-back Test centuries after Tamim.
Tamim played a patient knock of 70 off 218 balls before Ross Taylor spectacularly caught him one-handed at slip off Kane Williamson.
Tamim said there was still an outside chance of a Bangladesh victory.
“It depends on how long this pair can bat tomorrow,” he said.
Mominul and Tamim added 157 runs, a record for Bangladesh for the third wicket, after Neil Wagner struck twice in the first session to leave the home side struggling on 55 for 2.
Earlier New Zealand had resumed on 419 for eight but added just 18 for the last two wickets to be all out for 437.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2013.
Mominul Haque scored an unbeaten century and put on a record partnership with Tamim Iqbal as Bangladesh fought their way back into the second Test against New Zealand in Dhaka yesterday.
The hosts reached 269 for three in their second-innings at stumps on the fourth day, wiping out New Zealand’s first-innings advantage of 155 for an overall lead of 114 runs.
Mominul led Bangladesh’s batting charge with 126 not out, making him only the second Bangladeshi to score back-to-back Test centuries after Tamim.
Tamim played a patient knock of 70 off 218 balls before Ross Taylor spectacularly caught him one-handed at slip off Kane Williamson.
Tamim said there was still an outside chance of a Bangladesh victory.
“It depends on how long this pair can bat tomorrow,” he said.
Mominul and Tamim added 157 runs, a record for Bangladesh for the third wicket, after Neil Wagner struck twice in the first session to leave the home side struggling on 55 for 2.
Earlier New Zealand had resumed on 419 for eight but added just 18 for the last two wickets to be all out for 437.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2013.